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Michigan State Representative Cynthia A. Johnson lives nearly 10 miles from Marathon Petroleum's Detroit Refinery, but told a crowd of listeners at a rally on Monday that she was awakened by what she thought was a gas leak in her home in the early morning hours on Sunday, February 3. She says she became sick from the foul odor. Johnson was not alone in her experience early Sunday morning. A malfunctioning flare at Marathon Petroleum's Detroit refinery, located in southwest Detroit, created a...
INKSTER - Jewell Jones, the youngest State Representative in Michigan's history, will be sworn in by Garlin Gilchrist, Michigan's first black Lieutenant Governor, on February 8, 2019. The swearing-in ceremony will take place at the Booker T. Dozier Recreational Center, 2025 Middlebelt Rd., Inkster, MI 48141 at 7pm. Representative Jones has been re-elected to his second term to serve the 11th District of the Michigan House of Representatives. Jones first came into the light of politics when he...
Winter has arrived and that means that it's time to raise some money for a good cause. Special Olympics Michigan has been cheering on athletes since the late 1960s. The organization, Law Enforcement Torch Run (LETR), a grassroots fundraising campaign made up of law enforcement professionals, is once again presenting the Polar Plunge, a wild, and some say, crazy, way of raising funds for Special Olympics Michigan. This year, 30 Polar Plunges are scheduled to be held throughout the state, the...
Black Americans make up just 13 percent of the U.S. population, and yet, we're on trend to have a buying power of $1.4 trillion in 2019. The average Black-owned business grosses only about $72,000 per year, according to the U.S. Census and the national average for other minority businesses is $179,000 per year and a whopping $490,000 per year for non-minority businesses. Over the past few weeks, we are compiling a 100+ Black Owned Business Listing. The list will be comprised of Black-owned...
DETROIT – Rev. Dr. Wendell Anthony, President, Detroit Branch NAACP, announced at his recent installation, beginning a historic 14th term, the appointment of the Branch's new Executive Director. "Our search committee was appointed in July of 2018." Said Rev. Anthony. "They held several meetings and now the work is completed. Nearly 70 applications were received, locally and nationally. After a review of all the applicants, it was narrowed down to four and of that four, three were interviewed. A...
I opened my Facebook page this morning to find posts from a friend who calls himself an Evangelical Christian calling the Democratic Party pure evil, and one meme saying smugly, “I have PTSD: Pretty Tired of Stupid Democrats.” Another post says, “Build the Wall!” Now it’s no secret that this individual is a fan of the current occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. I am puzzled and have to ask, why? Exit polls from 2016 show that white evangelical voters supported Donald Trump by 80 percent. In the 2018 midterms, white evangelicals were stic...
As we continue with our interviews of local pastors, this week I sat down with Pastor Gerald Overall who is the Pastor of Runner for Christ Ministries located at 27085 Outer Drive in Ecorse. How long have you been the Pastor? I have been the pastor for Sixteen (16) years. Is this your first pastorship? Yes Was your plan for your life growing up to be a Pastor? No, not at all. My plan was to follow my brothers into drag racing. I thought when I grew up I would own an auto mechanic shop, fix...
The Super Bowl was packed with controversy due to its treatment of Colin Kaepernick. Although many people dismissed the idea of a "boycott," it may have been effective because the show had the worst ratings in a decade. The Associated Press reports the game was seen by 100.7 million on television and streaming service, the lowest since 2009. "On CBS alone, the game was seen by 98.2 million people, compared to 103.4 million who watched on NBC last year, according to the Nielsen company," the...
We've seen... [the Trump] administration align itself with white supremacists at home and cozy up to dictators abroad; rip babies from their mothers' arms in grotesque violation of their human rights; give corporations and the wealthy huge tax cuts; derail our fight against climate change; sabotage health care and imperil a woman's right to control her own body; all while lashing out at... the very idea of a free and independent press... Americans know we're better than this... But we're going...
INKSTER - Anderson Crutcher Young, the 1st African American Police Chief in the City of Inkster, passed away December 12, 2017 at the age of 97. Young, born in Nashville, Tennessee, moved to Inkster, Michigan in 1946, immediately after his honorable tour of duty in WWII. Known amiably as 'Crutcher', he developed a reputation for fairness and understanding in the community and was known for his hard-work ethic and charismatic personality. In 1954 (the same year segregated schools were declared...
The Western Wayne County Branch of the NAACP is inviting you to attend their next General Membership meeting. The meeting will be held at the Caroline Kennedy Library in Dearborn Heights on Monday, February 11th. The library is located at 24590 George and the meeting begins at 7:00pm. This is one of their four Regional meetings that they hold throughout the year. Everyone is invited to attend. Pastor Ovella Davis, the founder of The United Communities of America will be the speaker for the...
Long before Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and the Internet, Hattie McDaniel knew what it meant to "clap back" against her haters. Upon hearing backlash for film roles where she portrayed a servant – during a time when servants were the only available roles for African Americans in Hollywood – McDaniel remarked, "I'd rather play a maid in the movies than be one in real life. A trailblazer who opened the doors for blacks in Hollywood, McDaniel was the first African American to win an Academy Awa...
DETROIT - The Carr Center is bringing three powerhouse entertainers together for the ultimate improvisation performance. Savion Glover will dance to the beat of Terri Lyne Carrington's drum and the sounds of Dee Dee Bridgewater's scats on Saturday, February 23, 2019, at the Carr Center's Performance Hub, Detroit School of Arts. The Carr Center is devoted to presenting world-class performances. And bringing these three internationally renown artists is no exception. They will create a dynamic...
Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, Clapping-Back at the 2019 State of the Union...
